7 Do not choose to consult with someone who waits in ambush for you. And hide your counsel from those who rival you.
8 Every counselor offers advice, but some are counselors only for themselves.
9 Guard your soul from a counselor. And know beforehand what his interests are. For he will form thoughts from his own soul.
10 Otherwise, he may set a signpost in the ground, and he may say to you:
11 "Your own way is good." But then he will stand at a distance to see what befalls you.
12 Do not discuss holiness with an irreligious man, nor justice with one who is unjust. You should not speak with a woman about her who is a rival, nor with a coward about war, nor with a merchant about exaggeration, nor with a buyer about selling, nor with a spiteful man about giving thanks,
13 nor with the impious about piety, nor with the dishonest about honesty, nor with the field worker about other kinds of work,